1. Is romantic love the most important condition for marriage?
Marriage is the result and extension of love. Therefore romantic love is the most important condition for marriage.
love should be the most important condition for marriage because a marriage without love is like a hell in which the couple suffer for the rest of their lives.
Romantic love will enable the couple to conquer any difficulties in their life together.
In feudal society, many people suffered from arranged marriages because love was never an element for consideration in marriages at that time.

2. 5.Romantic love can lead to the healthy psychological development of the couple.
6.Marriages based on love tend ton create a happy and harmonious atmosphere in the family which is good for the development of children.
7.Marriage based on love will bring forth beautiful and intelligent children.
8.A happy marriage helps one to achieve more in one’s career.
9.A marriage without love is worse than being single.
10.Marriages without love are most likely to end in divorce which creates many social problems.

3. Counter-arguments
1. Love is not the most important condition for marriage because love is romantic whereas marriage is practical.
2. Lack of money in a new marriage might bring trouble and chronic quarreling.
3. Education is the most important condition for a good marriage because a couple whose educational levels do not match are not likely to have much in common.
4.  A marriage based on romantic love alone will not last long, for a sense of responsibility is most essential to a successful marriage.
5. Age is a very important condition for a happy marriage because, if the couple belong to different age groups, they tend to have different interests and find it hard to understand each other.

4. 6. Love is not the most important condition for a happy marriage because, when the choice is carefully and wisely made, it’s usually a good one.
7. Health is a very important condition for a good marriage. If either party of a marriage suffers from poor health, then happiness is impaired.
8. As the sayings goes,.love blinds a man to imperfection, so a marriage based on love alone is only a bet for happiness.
9. Parental approval is important for marriages because it creates unity in a family. Moreover, the experience of parents can often correct and restrain the headstrong and distorted choices of inexperienced youth.
10. Love is not the single, most important condition for a successful marriage. It requires the combination of many conditions, all of which are important.

5. short Answer Questions
As researchers learn more about how children’ intelligence develops, they are increasingly surprised by the power of parents. The power of school has been replaced by the home. To begin with, all the fathers which are part of intelligence.__ the child’s understanding of language, learning patterns, curiosity___ are established well before the child enters school at the age of six. Study after study has shown that even after school begins, children achievements have been far more influenced by parents than by teachers. This is particularly true about learning that is language-related. The school rather than the home is given child for variations in achievement in subject such as science.
In view of their power, it is sad to see so many parents not making the most of their child’ intelligence. Until recently parents had been warned by educators who asked them not to educate their children, Many teachers now realize that children cannot be educated only at school and parents are being asked to contribute both before

6. and after the child enters school
and after the child enters school. Parents have been particularly afraid to teach reading at home. Of course, children should n’t be pushed to read by their parents, but educators have discovered that reading is best taught individually____ and the easiest place to do this is at home. Many four-and five-year—olds who have been shown a few letters and taught their sounds will compose single words of their own with them, even before they have been taught to read.
1.  What have researchers found out about the influence of parents and the school on children’s intelligence?
2.  What do researchers conclude about children’s learning patterns?
3.  In which area many school play a more impact role?
4. Why did many parents fail to make the most of their children’s intelligence?
5. The author suggested in the last paragraph that parents should be encouraged___________

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